BUFFALO, NY – The Rider University men's swimming and diving team extended its lead in pursuit of a tenth-straight MAAC Championship on Friday. The Broncs now lead with 473 points, ahead of second-placed Fairfield's 378.
 
Jack Ruggieri (Bellmawr, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) got the Broncs off to a strong start in the 100-fly, taking second with a time of 48.73. Nicholas Lane (Hackettstown, NJ/Lane Academy) claimed eighth in the race, touching the wall at 49.65.
 
David Rucci (Sewell, NJ/Gateway Regional), Brayden Murphy (Victor, NY/Victor Senior), and Christian Overton were second, seventh, and eighth in the 400-IM. The group stopped the clock at 3:58.73, 4:05.27, and 4:14.79, respectively.
 
In the 100-breast, David Cooper (Spring, TX/Klein Oak) swam 55.45 for fifth place.
 
Lucas Racevicius (Watertown, CT/Holy Cross) and Overton swam two-three in the 100-back, posting times of 48.12 and 49.63.
 
The Broncs closed out the day with a win in the 400-medley relay. Racevicius, Cooper, Ruggieri, and Joe Gewartowski (Fort Washington, PA/UpperDublin) stopped the clock at 3:17.88.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
- Bobby Irwin (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) took 11^th and Dimitri Maldonado (Middletown, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) was 12^th in the 100-fly.
- Ruggieri and Lane's times in the 100-fly are National Invitational B-Cut times. Irwin and Maldonado posted ECAC A-Cut times.
- Adam Musselman (Timonium, MD/Loyola Blakefield) was 11^th in the 400-IM.
- All four scoring swims in the 400-IM are National Invitational B-Cuts.
- Kyle Iorizzo (Norwood, NJ/Old Tappan Regional) was 12^th in the 200-free with an ECAC A-Cut time.
- Alex Boeckx (Folsom, PA/Ridley) was ninth in the 100-breast with Andrew Iannacone (Yardley, PA/Holy Ghost Prep) finishing in 14^th.
- Cooper and Boeckx's times in the 100-breast are National Invitational B-Cuts. Iannacone posted an ECAC A-Cut in the event.
- Lane, Derek Fantano, and Webster Bozzo (Christansted, U.S. Virgin Islands/Good Hope Country Day) were 10^th, 11^th, and 14^th in the 100-back.
- In the 100-back, Racevicius, Overton, Lane, and Fantano earned National Invitational B-Cut times. Bozzo's time is an ECAC A-Cut.
- The 400-medley relay time is a National Invitational A-Cut.

UP NEXT
Rider closes out action Saturday at the MAAC Championships, with a pair of sessions beginning at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.